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Costa Rica PacificMy first roll of film had 36 (different) big critters, one on each frame!
Isla del Cocos is a small island (8 sq miles) 255 miles off the Costa Rican coast and is one of the top 10 dives worldwide.
Sharks galore! Hammerheads (famous for schools), oceanics, whalesharks - you name 'em, they're here. I did get spooked on one dive when one big feller gave me the eye and I got out quick!
water temp was 75F so a thick wetsuit was needed.
Best sites - Manuelita islet and dirty rock
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Thailand Andaman SeaWall dive with occasional sandy slopes and staghorn coral fields. Mostly slight current going south, beautiful soft corals, morays, lionsfishes, cleaner shrimp, occasional leopard sharks and hawksbill turtles, longnose filefish and comet
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Hong Kong South China SeaNow back in Chinese hands I don't know if the BSAC club still operates there but there are dive operations.
The big stuff has been fished out but you still see a diverse range of smaller critters like damsels, octopus, sea worms.
There are 255 islands to explore so you shouldn't run out of sites. highlights are Tap Mun, fung Head, Long key, and Pak Kwo
On land the shopping is superb and it is the best place in the world to buy a suit!
Sea temp12-28C
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Bermuda AtlanticThere are so many wrecks in Bermuda you can see more than one on a dive! I think this one was just basically a great paddle wheel. I was disappointed with the marine life but then I am spolit by the Red Sea! Some fishes, some not very colorful coral
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Fiji PacificGreat soft coral
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Indonesia Banda SeaWakatobi is one of the top five dive destinations in the world and will return after a Raja AMpat trip this October. Great dive shop, fantastic dive boats with hot drinks waiting after every dive, clean on board toilet, and some of the best gourmet food served at any dive destination.
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Egypt Red Seagood site but divein the pm for the best light.
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Malaysia South China SeaAnother preference macro photography dive sites
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Malaysia South China SeaGentle sandy slope and corals, good leaner site!
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Ukraine Black SeaCave underwater
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SloveniaLake
Grajsko kopališce ("Castle Bathing Area") is the only designated outdoor bathing area by lake Bled. Lot of catfish, pike, carp and lake trout.
To explore the lake bottom, you can get assistance from the Bled Society for Underwater Activities (tel.: +386 4 / 530 30 30, gsm: +386 (0)41 386 912).
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Egypt Red SeaBrilliant Dive Site
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Russia White SeaCold Water
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Malaysia Celebes Seaamazing place for a night dive, only 5mins by boat from Semporna. Look for the red marker buoy that is bent. Reef starts very shallow at 3m, on my first dive there, the first fish i saw was a Shaggy Frogfish!! Reef goes down to a sandy bottom at 13m, where you can find anything and everything macro!! this is such an amazing night dive.
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Bahamas Caribbean SeaGreat reef with plenty of colors and life.
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United States PacificIs very low viz most of the time but water clears at about 40 feet. Lots of divers go to this site for training. Has easy access to shore and a short surface swim. Great place to dive but not if low viz concerns you. I have gotten some great shots of octopus, starfish, crabs, lingcod, and a sculpture of an angel placed there by divers. I like this sight because of it’s easy access and rich marine life.
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Brazil Atlantic (South America coastal)Turtle in the famous site Batente das Agulhas, a few miles away from the Natal Shore, in the north east of Brasil. This site was recently considered as one of the best by a diving magazine in Brazil. I saw a lot of barracudas and it was a great experience to swim for a while with this magnificente turtle.
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Indonesia Halmahera Seaa narrow channel between these 2 large islands which can flow with quite a strong current in the middle although it is quite calm along the sides. The channel has trees growing overhead and teems with marine life below the surface. Huge gorgonian fans and soft corals etc, even growing on the dead trees that have fallen into the water.
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Croatia Adriatic SeaNew dive shop opened at this luxury resort on the Adriatic coast of Croatia.
Vis was bad early in the year, summer is best, but with plenty of tourists crowds. Large boulders, wall diving, lots of octopus, lobsters, scorpion fish, nudis...not many fish, but interesting to look about.
Cold water diving in May, 5 mil or dry suit with the DM
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Mozambique Indian Oceana place the is extremely hard to get to. A once in a lifetime kind of place. there is nothing there. It is just an atoll 100 hours away from anything else. The diving is great - walls and reefs, warm and clean
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